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12-07-2017, 08:20 PM
This is the best response to someone who asks you where you're 'really' from
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How many times do people get asked the uncomfortable question: "No, but where are you really from?" because of their ethnicity?*
SEE ALSO: Donald Trump just retweeted anti-Muslim videos from a British extreme far-right group (http://mashable.com/2017/11/29/donald-trump-britain-first-anti-muslim-videos-retweet/)
It still happens quite a lot, despite it being a form of "microaggression," according to some social scientists (http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/20/opinions/where-are-you-really-from-vega-opinion/index.html).*
A similar incident just occurred to London Mayor Sadiq Khan during his historic walk across the border between India and Pakistan.*
BBC reporter Karl Mercer awkwardly asked him whether the symbolic visit felt "like coming home."*
The mayor replied: “Nah, home is south London mate." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/07/sadiq-khan-mayor-london-best-response-india-pakistan/)
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How many times do people get asked the uncomfortable question: "No, but where are you really from?" because of their ethnicity?*
SEE ALSO: Donald Trump just retweeted anti-Muslim videos from a British extreme far-right group (http://mashable.com/2017/11/29/donald-trump-britain-first-anti-muslim-videos-retweet/)
It still happens quite a lot, despite it being a form of "microaggression," according to some social scientists (http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/20/opinions/where-are-you-really-from-vega-opinion/index.html).*
A similar incident just occurred to London Mayor Sadiq Khan during his historic walk across the border between India and Pakistan.*
BBC reporter Karl Mercer awkwardly asked him whether the symbolic visit felt "like coming home."*
The mayor replied: “Nah, home is south London mate." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/07/sadiq-khan-mayor-london-best-response-india-pakistan/)
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